Ode to Joy...

Well, more accurately, An Ode to Pat and Lisa...

It was a quiet morning, the ninth of December,
A day the state will forever remember.

The Feds pulled up and knocked on the door,
Of our governor whose jaw dropped to the floor.

Is this a prank, a joke, a really bad gag?
No sir, you're under arrest, tell your hag.

Word spread like wildfire, news crews deploy,
to cover the fourth busted gov in Illinois.

A Senate seat they claim he tried to sell,
"Golden" he called it. For free? Like hell.

Mr. Fitzgerald, our shining white knight,
Explained to the press the extent of our plight.

Seventy-six pages, the charges did span,
Read it all through? I doubt any [bleep]er can.

The crimes were varied and truly quite stunning,
Were Blago and company really that cunning?

What kind of idiot would be such a yutz,
And effectively kick his state in the nuts?

If we're lucky, Lisa Madigan will succeed,
At reclaiming the power on which Blago does feed.

If Roddie is allowed to continue his reign,
The people of Illinois will keel over in pain.

Appoint friends and family? Flush our taxes down the loo?
Or maybe just give Obama's seat to some yahoo.

The hellish possibilities cause uncomfortable laughter,
So please Patrick and Lisa, end this sad chapter!


I never said I was a good poet.

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Jason

Kevin-

That was sheer lyrical bliss! Keep up the great work!

Faiqa

"Seventy-six pages, the charges did span,
Read it all through? I doubt any [bleep]er can."
Hee hee. True. Thank God for CNN.

*lynne*

LoL this is great!

pocket queen

ok, even though i don't really understand the whole thing that's going on over there.. you're not such a bad poet. that [bleep] bit was funny!

Stacey

Apparently I wasn't the only one writing poems this week.

We debated at work whether Illinois is the most corrupt state in the union or if Rhode Island still holds the title.

Greeneyezz

Nicely done if I do say so myself!
Such poetic license. :)

~ZZ

kapgar

Thank you kindly.

kapgar

It's good to have CNN keeping us so informed, isn't it? ;-)

kapgar

Thanks. It was fun to write.

kapgar

And I can't believe the bleep was the last thing I added. I almost forgot to throw that in there and it's the funniest thing about this whole Blagordeal.

kapgar

Rhode Island? Seriously? I need some news.

kapgar

Thank you! Good to see you here!

Sheila (Charm School Reject)

Awesome!!

Lisa Madigan is the only Democrat I would ever vote for. She is a true bad ass.

[BTW - is there still a way to subscribe to comments or am I just completely missing it?]

Krys Slovacek

Wow! That must have taken you a while.

kapgar

She is pretty bad ass. As for subscribing, you're right, the option is gone. I'll bet if you sign up for that account, the option is in there. I know that the e-mails I get when I'm notified of a comment have an "unsubscribe" option.

kapgar

Not as long as you might think. I did hit a couple stumbling blocks. But they ironed themselves out in short order. Thanks, BTW.

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